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Choseido Likely to Face Administrative Penalty over Manufacturing Flaws
Choseido Pharmaceutical looks set to face an administrative penalty as early as September over generic manufacturing issues deemed to constitute a violation of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices (PMD) Law, people familiar with the matter told Jiho. The government of…
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